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Metrical Inc

METRICAL INC. is an independent leading Corporate Governance research firm in Japan where Corporate Governance is increasingly recognized as an important element on corporate management in these days. Thus, CG research and solutions would become an essential component of global capital markets and play important to contribute to transparency of the markets and maximize shareholders’ value in Japan. 

METRICAL INC. provides Corporate Governance research and analysis including rating services, and  also offers investment research and IR services with solutions and customized profound research on CG and IR issues.

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Executive Director, Metrical Inc

Aki Matsumoto

Executive Director

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<li>It is obvious to everyone that digitization reduces costs. However, if few companies adopt digitization, trust banks that undertake shareholder management tasks will not make temporary investments for digitization.</li>
<li>With many companies wanting to distance themselves from shareholders, digitization and online services will unlikely accelerate even if legislation is enacted, at least until manual work reaches its limits.</li>
<li>The solution is to create an environment (setting the trading unit to one share) where it is burdensome to send AGM documents manually and count voting rights manually.</li>
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It is obvious to everyone that digitization reduces costs. However, if few companies adopt digitization, trust banks that undertake shareholder management tasks will not make temporary investments for digitization.
With many companies wanting to distance themselves from shareholders, digitization and online services will unlikely accelerate even if legislation is enacted, at least until manual work reaches its limits.
The solution is to create an environment (setting the trading unit to one share) where it is burdensome to send AGM documents manually and count voting rights manually.


Setting the Trading Unit to One Share Is the Quickest Way to Increase Virtual AGMs

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Setting the Trading Unit to One Share Is the Quickest Way to Increase Virtual AGMs